Cheap Entertainment Fundraisers & Events Conservation & Stewardship News and Opportunities Holly Weiler is a long-time contributor to Out There Venture and writes The Trailhead column for each issue. You can find all of her hike recommendations at Outthereoutdoors.com.
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Located at the recently-restored Saltese Flats Wetland Area in Spokane Valley, the new Doris Morrison Learning Center (DMLC) will celebrate a grand opening event on Earth Day 2023(Saturday, April 22). Once drained for farming, Spokane County restored the Saltese Flats back into a healthy and productive wetland. As part of that restoration work, the Doris
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The relatively recent explosion in snowshoe use has been incredible to watch. I feel like an old curmudgeon relating the stories of my early snowshoe years. In those days, I could go to Mount Spokane State Park and Nordic ski for a couple hours, then switch to the snowshoe trails and still have first tracks.
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Tips for getting outside and making the most of the cold, snowy months By Carol Corbin I live in the Inland Northwest . . . and I don’t ski. I think there are about five of us non-skiers in the region. We’re like unicorns. Or Yeti, if Yeti hated being cold and was averse to
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I recently stumbled upon a folder on my computer where I used to stash ambitious lists of trips I’d hoped to pull off in the coming year. One of them, a tally of adventures I optimistically believed I had a chance of accomplishing in 2011, caught my eye. Especially since in 2011 I had a
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Chands and construction of a new ski base area at Schweitzer, including new parking lot and chairlift, to be completed by the 2023/24 season.
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Find cozy vibes, have fun outside, and more ways to experience more joy during the winter holiday season when it’s dark and cold.
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For those of you who have had enough of winter, it’s time to bring on a bit of summer in the Inland NW. The Spokane Great Outdoors and Bike Expo at the Spokane Convention Center on Feb 25-26 is the annual kickoff to the warmer season of outdoor adventures, biking, and travel. Attendees also get
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Inland NW Holiday Gift Guide with ideas from OTO advertisers and other small businesses to make shopping local easier.
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Guidebook author James P. Johnson shares about his harrowing close encounters with bears while hiking in the wilds of Washington State.
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